Crockett, TX, is a small rural city in Houston County with a population of around 6,000 people. It is known for its rich history and culture, which has led to an active local politics scene. Crockett's political system is organized around the mayor-council government structure. The current mayor is Richard McIver and the five city council members are Barbara Swonke, John Smith, Sheila Dixon, Virgie Turner-Bell and Robert Eberly. Each member of the council serves two year terms and works together to make decisions that will help Crockett progress as a community. Local elections are held every two years in May and any registered voter can participate by casting their ballot on Election Day. All citizens have the right to vote and voice their opinion on important issues that affect the community.
The political climate in Zip 75835 (Crockett, TX) is strongly conservative.
Houston County, TX is very conservative. In Houston County, TX 24.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Houston county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.8% to 24.5%.
Houston county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 75835 (Crockett, TX) is strongly conservative.
Crockett, Texas is strongly conservative.
Houston County, Texas is very conservative.
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Texas is leaning conservative.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Crockett, Texas: R R R R R R
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D for the Democrat and I for the Independent. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 75835 (Crockett)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 155 contributions totaling $113,020 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $729 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 77 contributions totaling $37,430 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $486 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)